CPU upgrade i9 7940x

[natsuu]

I currently have an i7 6850k but with the American tariffs being applied in January, prices for computer components will probably go up( I know it does not affect CPUs). Since I am a photographer and cinematographer 14 cores will greatly speed up render times. Although when I upgrade I will need to upgrade my ram as well, as mine is currently 2400 mhz. So I guess my questions is, do I upgrade now or wait for lower prices or Intel's new release.

 

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[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, natsuu said:

I currently have an i7 6850k but with the American tariffs being applied in January, prices for computer components will probably go up( I know it does not affect CPUs). Since I am a photographer and cinematographer 14 cores will greatly speed up render times. Although when I upgrade I will need to upgrade my ram as well, as mine is currently 2400 mhz. So I guess my questions is, do I upgrade now or wait for lower prices or Intel's new release.

 

Some photography work: https://www.instagram.com/buuthienmedia/

I would rather get something like a first gen treadripper 1920x or 1950x for that pricepoint. Way cheaper

[natsuu]

Just now, LukeSavenije said:

I would rather get something like a first gen treadripper 1920x or 1950x for that pricepoint. Way cheaper

Yeah, I was thinking about that but Adobe software seems to perform a lot better on Intel-based systems.

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, natsuu said:

Yeah, I was thinking about that but Adobe software seems to perform a lot better on Intel-based systems.

Yeah, but the 7940x is overpriced for what it is.

[Princess Luna]

Do you really need 14 cores? how is the 6 cores broadwell holding up for your workload today? Is it at stock settings?

[Electronics Wizardy]

9 minutes ago, natsuu said:

Yeah, I was thinking about that but Adobe software seems to perform a lot better on Intel-based systems.

Depends on the exact task, but the 2950x is darn close or faster in most tasks. Look here. https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Premiere-Pro-CC-2018-AMD-Threadripper-2990WX-2950X-Performance-1218/

[Firewrath9]

I'd wait for Intel's new release, or black friday/CM, whichever comes first.. The new tariffs (25% will only take place in january).

 

If you will get new stuff, sell your old stuff. I'm not sure if ram speeds affect actual editing performance tho (mabye oc a little). I'm pretty sure that just saving your existing ram (or adding new ddr4 2400 instead of even more new ddr4-3000) and getting the 7960x (2 more cores) will give better perf.

 

[Princess Luna]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

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Keep in mind that is Premiere, Photoshop and similar image/drawing software specifically will always favour single core performance above all things and this gap tends to wider:

Reason why throwing lots and lots of cores at it only matters if you'll have A TON of stuff going on at the same time, which may be unlikely, the i7 9700K sounds to me the best choice for a image/picture/drawing specific workload since he'll be able to achieve the best single thread performance with those while keeping satisfactory multi-threading.

 

Eh it's cheaper also.

[Brooksie359]

4 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Keep in mind that is Premiere, Photoshop and similar image/drawing software specifically will always favour single core performance above all things and this gap tends to wider:

Reason why throwing lots and lots of cores at it only matters if you'll have A TON of stuff going on at the same time, which may be unlikely, the i7 9700K sounds to me the best choice for a image/picture/drawing specific workload since he'll be able to achieve the best single thread performance with those while keeping satisfactory multi-threading.

 

Eh it's cheaper also.

Or even the 9900k 

[Princess Luna]

Just now, Brooksie359 said:

Or even the 9900k 

Ideally, if only it was available anywhere hehe